Sororii

Sororii features bassoon and cello, looped instrumentals, and vocals. We write original indie, world music themed around cross-cultural sisterhood and women’s experiences.

We are two women from opposite ends of the world who found connection in music and our concerts & offerings are a celebration of this unity. Our audience is typically soul seekers who are looking for a shared space to relax and learn, and an experience that inspires and sparks their curiosity.

Our music blends warm, melodic bassoon lines, plucked and strummed cello, and voice; creating instrumental grooves with underlying world, latin, and afro beats.

Sororii is a female-led band featuring Afro-Colombian cellist Carolina Borja, and bassoonist Arleigh Savage. Sororii formed in 2021 during the height of the pandemic and with the spirit to reclaim sisterhood and explore feminine voices across cultures.

Their music blends warm, melodic bassoon lines, plucked and strummed cello, and voice; creating instrumental grooves with underlying world, latin, and afro beats.

Carolina is a multi-genre cellist, Afro-Colombian folk singer, educator and composer based in Cleveland, Ohio. She's gathered her eclectic experience from collaborations with folk, fusion and world music bands, interdisciplinary groups of artists, dance companies, chamber music ensembles and orchestras.
Carolina has a master's degree in cello performance pedagogy from Ohio University. She has been a Fulbright, Martin Luther King Jr. and United States Department of State scholar, among other distinctions.
Carolina is the director and founder of the Afro-Colombian Strings Scholarship and the Tutti Musical Program.

Michigan born bassoonist Arleigh Savage holds music performance degrees from Michigan State University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She lives in Cleveland, OH and is the adjunct professor of bassoon at Cleveland State University and member of the Cleveland Pops and Lancaster Festival Orchestras and the Youngstown Symphony. Arleigh loves splitting her time between classical music and cross-over music projects like Sororii. Other small-ensemble playing includes her time as bassoonist with the North Coast Winds, Cleveland’s premiere independent wind quintet, who celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2024.

We provide our on sound for small to mid size venues. If the venue is large, we will ask you to provide the sound. Please contact us for details!